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OG&E and Google Announce Contract for Three Data Centers in Oklahoma

LCG, April 30, 2026--OG&E, the operating subsidiary of OGE Energy Corp., announced today that it will power three new data centers that Google announced in Muskogee and Stillwater, Oklahoma last year. As part of the agreement, Google will also make power generation capacity available from two solar facilities in Stephens and Muskogee Counties that are currently under construction. The data centers and associated Electric Service Agreements are expected to provide economic growth for local communities and the state, contribute to grid stability, and benefit OG&E's current customers.

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Graphic Packaging and NextEra Energy Resources Sign 250-MW Virtual Power Purchase Agreement

LCG, April 29, 2026--Graphic Packaging Holding Company today announced a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with NextEra Energy Resources, LLC. With the VPPA agreement, NextEra Energy Resources plans to build the Selenite Springs Energy Center, a 250-MW solar energy facility in West Texas, and Graphic Packaging will be the sole buyer of the facility's renewable energy attribute certificates. Graphic Packaging, a global provider of sustainable consumer packaging, expects the agreement to cover approximately 43 percent of its 2025 electricity usage in the U.S. and Canada. The agreement will advance Graphic Packaging's commitment to source renewable electricity and reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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Recovery Efforts for Texas Power Outage Continue

LCG, June 7, 2004--An unprecedented set of power outages that affected 500,000 customers of TXU Electric Delivery, following two severe storms early last week, persisted to a lesser extent in some areas through the weekend.

By Friday, roughly 75 per cent of customers who had experienced outages had had service restored, according to TXU Electric Delivery's chairman and chief executive, Tom Baker. The first storm was of hurrice force and hit on Tuesday, June 1, while a second series of storms followed the next day.

In the course of the work by TXU crews and by crews from nine states outside Texas, 40,000 damaged, fallen or broken trees were removed, 23 substations were restored, 550 transmission and distribution poles were installed again, and 4,000 wires that were reported to have been downed were addressed.

"I appreciate the patience of those who are without electric service following this devastating series of storms," Baker said. TXU Electric Delivery is a subsidiary of TXU Corp.
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